Senior brother, how can you fall for such a beautiful junior brother!

There are one hundred people on the beauty list, and each person has one or two portraits. How could they all be painted by the same person? Isn't it normal to have a different painter?

Yun Huizhou raised his hand and touched his head and said, "Look again, are these two top ten portraits from the same person?"

Lian Li compared the two beauty lists and looked at them for a long time before he could barely make out something.

"But the top ten are ranked every year, and the portrait has not changed, so it must be from the same person."

Yun Huizhou nodded and said, "You are right, but I have flipped through the last list of beauties several times, and the painter who drew the top ten only drew the top ten."

After hearing what he said, Lian Li finally understood what Yun Huizhou wanted to say, so he asked, "You mean, this painter probably only painted the top ten, and this time he made an exception and painted the eleventh? In other words, he painted me?"

Yun Huizhou replied: "I have such a guess, but I am not sure yet. When the time comes, I will buy all the beauty lists from previous years and take a look. Then I will be able to confirm whether it is true or not."

Lian Li felt a little excited when he thought about how he could get a portrait of himself from the painter who only painted portraits for the top ten.

Does this mean that this artist is very confident in himself and thinks he has the potential to make it into the top ten?

"Then let's go buy it now!" Lian Li grabbed Yun Huizhou's hand and said.

"Let the waiter go buy it." Yun Huizhou asked him to sit down: "The ones from previous years may not be available in every store, let them run errands."

Lian Li thought about it and it was true. Although Jinzuilou was rich and published a large number of beauty lists every quarter, the printing speed was definitely not comparable to that of the modern world.

The cost is also much higher than in the modern world.

Generally, the largest amount is prepared at the time of the first release. When it is almost sold out, a small batch will be printed as a reserve. When more than half of the reserve batch is sold, another small batch will be prepared.

Therefore, there will be basically no inventory from previous years.

If they want to buy it, it will be troublesome to buy it themselves, so it is better to hand it over to the waiter of the inn. If they can't find it, there is nothing they can do.

Yun Huizhou called the waiter, gave him one tael of silver, and asked him to buy the beauties' lists from the previous four years, only the first quarter of each year.

The waiter took the money and left promptly.

The room they stayed in was the best room in the inn. It was very spacious, with one bedroom and one living room, and a large bathroom with a small bathing pool.

Each room has a dedicated waiter who is responsible for helping guests with matters.

They are different from the waiters in the lobby. The waiters in the lobby have to work in the store, while these waiters who are responsible for private rooms mainly listen to the guests' instructions.

During the time when the guests stay here, I will briefly serve as their servant.

The waiter was gone and didn't come back until the evening.

He knocked gently on the door, and Yun Huizhou heard it and shouted, "The door is not locked, come in."

The waiter pushed open the door and came in, holding five booklets in his hands. Lian Li knew it was the Beauty List as soon as he saw the cover.

The waiter put the booklet on the table and said, "Sir, I found the beauty list of the past five years in the bookstore, all of which are from the first quarter. Do you need all five years, or only four years?"

Yun Huizhou spread out the five volumes of the Beauty List on the table. After making sure there were no duplicate years, he said, "Keep them all."

After saying this, he took out another two hundred coins and gave them to the waiter to make up for the extra book.

The one or two taels of silver they originally gave was actually enough to buy these five books, and the remaining money was considered as the waiter's errand fee.

The consumption in Linjiu City is high, and the wages for working here are also high.

In other cities, asking someone to run errands usually costs just a dozen cents.

Here, the starting amount is basically one hundred Wen. To be honest, if the owner of the West Island had not sponsored them with some silver notes before they came out, allowing Lian Lihua to have his own small treasury, his heart would have really bleed.

His small treasury could not sustain him in Linjiu City for long.

Although Yun Huizhou also has money, he and Yun Huizhou are now a family. Spending Yun Huizhou's money is just like spending his own money, and his heart bleeds.

Yun Huizhou opened all the beauty lists and arranged them side by side. Lian Li leaned over and picked up one to first look at the portraits of the first ten, and then flipped through the portraits after the tenth place.

"Do you feel that the portraits in the top ten are more lively than those in other rankings?" Yun Huizhou asked Lian Li.

Lian Li looked through the paintings and compared them, and found that the paintings of the other candidates were also very good, but for some reason the paintings of the top ten looked more vivid.

Maybe this is the difference between a senior painter and a master?

After flipping through the five newly bought booklets, Lian Li had to admit that Yun Huizhou seemed to have guessed right.

If it was just this year, it could be said to be a coincidence, but for five consecutive years, the top ten on the beauty list were all written by the same person.

Before this time, this master had never painted anyone ranked other than the top ten.

Aware that this master might be the only one who was not in the top ten, Lian Li's mouth corners were harder to suppress than AK. He deliberately twisted his mouth and smiled evilly, saying: "It turns out that I am an exception. This master has a good vision. Is he optimistic that I can enter the top ten?"

Yun Huizhou stared at Lian Li's face. Even though Lian Li was making an expression that looked a bit ugly and a bit vulgar, his face was still very handsome.

If one only looks at his face, Yun Huizhou thinks Lian Li deserves to be in the first place, let alone the top three.

It's a pity that this boy is good-looking and self-aware, but he just doesn't make good use of his face. He always exudes an ignorant and innocent temperament, which makes it easy for people to ignore his little fox-like appearance.

"What do you want me to ask you?"

Seeing that Yun Huizhou had been silent, Lian Li nudged Yun Huizhou lightly with his elbow and turned to look over.

Then he found that Yun Huizhou was actually staring at him in a daze. Lian Li, who was now overflowing with confidence, smiled crookedly again and reached out to pinch Yun Huizhou's chin.

His tone was so overbearing that it was a little greasy: "Man, are you also fascinated by me?"

Yun Huizhou: ...

Yun Huizhou raised his hand to cover his stomach, and suddenly felt the food he had eaten churning in his stomach.

He quickly closed his eyes and turned his head to the side, trying to drive the scene he had just seen out of his mind.

However, Lian Li did not let him go. The hand that was pinching his chin increased its strength and turned his head back.

"Hmm? Man, speak!"

Yun Huizhou: ...

Yun Huizhou now realizes that he is deaf.

"Ha! Man, you're very rebellious. Admit it... well..."

Before Lian Li could finish his next words, he saw Yun Huizhou suddenly open his eyes and raise his hand to cover his mouth.